1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1985–86
Champions	Marathón (2nd)
Relegated	Universidad
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Marathón Motagua
Matches played	104
Goals scored	186 (1.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Flores (9)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 20th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. Marathón won the title^[1] after winning the final round and qualified to the 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with C.D. Motagua.

1985–86 teams

Regular season

Standings Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	8	7	3	20	11	+9	23	Qualified to the Final round
2	Marathón	18	8	7	3	23	15	+8	23	Qualified to the Final round
3	Platense	18	4	10	4	15	16	−1	18
4	Victoria	18	5	7	6	11	14	−3	17
5	Tela Timsa	18	5	4	9	12	20	−8	14	Relegation playoff

Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.
Tela Timsa forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group B.

Standings Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vida	18	7	8	3	24	12	+12	22	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	18	5	9	4	12	17	−5	19	Qualified to the Final round
3	Real España	18	5	7	6	22	20	+2	17
4	Juventud de Sula	18	4	7	7	10	16	−6	15
5	Universidad	18	4	4	10	13	22	−9	12	Relegation playoff

Vida and Motagua qualified to the Final round.
Universidad forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group A.

Final round

Cuadrangular standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	6	4	1	1	7	5	+2	9
2	Vida	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7
3	Motagua	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
4	Olimpia	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2

Marathón declared champions as winner of cuadrangular.

Relegation playoff

1st leg	Universidad	0–0	Tela Timsa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

2nd leg	Tela Timsa	1–0	Universidad	Tela, Atlántida
CST				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

Universidad relegated to second division.

Top scorer

Juan Flores (Olimpia) with 9 goals

Squads

Juventud de Sula
Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano	Jorge Hibrán Maldonado	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Julián Núñez
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	Francisco Adelmo Herrera	Óscar "Moro" Bardales
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Pastor Martínez	Vicente Suazo
Herminio Villalobos	Osmán Madrid	Suamy Álvarez
David Ponce	Norman Lobo	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Amílcar Lanza	Erasmo Castillo	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Rodolfo Richardson Smith	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
Árnold Vladimir López	Oswaldo Zaldívar	Juan Contreras
Aparicio Colón	Jorge Martínez	Miguel Lanza
Mario "El Chino" Romero	Nicolas "Nico" Suazo	Roy Padilla Bardales
Marco "Tono" García	Delio Billonay Fajardo
Árnold López	Pablo Madrid
Motagua
José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Juan Gómez Ortiz	Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo
Amílcar Leonel Suazo	Oscar Medina	Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Antonio "Toño" Obando	Frank Ponce
Olimpia
Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
José Emilio Martínez	Fernando Tovar Durón	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Juan Carlos Espinoza	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado	Roger Javier Valladares
Óscar Banegas	Juan Ramón Soler	Osman Madrid
Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Francisco "Pancho" González	Dario Mejía
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Platense
Manuel Zúniga	Juan Jerezano	Jorge Arita Neals
Wilfredo Brown	Tomás Centeno López	Iván Chavarría
Luis Núñez	Carlos Deras	Eleázar Peña
Noé Meza	Florentino Arriola	Mauro Rivas
Hever Miranda	Ramón Cruz Colíndrez	Domingo Drummond
Pedro Alvarez	Marco Antonio Valdez	Oscar Claros
Guillermo Bernárdez	Carlos Zavala	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Obdulio Vásquez	Leo Assís
Armando Rivera	German "Niño" Bernárdez	Gerald Vargas Droumond
Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Luis Rodríguez	Juan Ramón Palacios
Jorge Irías	Martín García	Eduardo Gámez
Carlos Velásquez	Juan "Nito" Anariba	Carlos Aguilar
Eduardo Laing	Gerardo "Coco" Urbina	German Guzmán
Real España
José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	Karl Antonio Roland
Esteban Centeno Pitillo	Luis Laing	Junior Rashford Costly
Manuel Fuentes López	Carlos Orlando Caballero	Óscar Machigua
Jaime Villegas	Luis Fuentes	José Ramos
Arnaldo Herrera	Pedro Castro	Nelson Benavídez
Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya
Jimmy Steward	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Edith Hernando Contreras
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews	Edy "Tibombo" Contreras	Pablo Orellana
Clinton Campbell	Ildefonso Bonilla	Álex Geovany Ávila	Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariva	Moises "El Chafa" Barahona
Tela Timsa
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Raúl David Fúnez	Jimmy James Bailey
Francisco Javier Toledo	Víctor Hugo Salgado	Luis "Gavilán" Cálix
Carlos Acosta	Carlos Flores	Mario Coto
Allan Anthony Costly	Noel Omar "Carguero" Renderos	Gustavo Cálix
Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez	Víctor Laboriel
Universidad
José Omar Macedo	José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Luis Azneth Ortiz	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Ramón Berckling	José Manuel Vaquedano	David Goff
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo	Ramón "Pollo" Calderón	Oscar Escobar
Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna	Natividad Morales Barrios	Matilde Selím Lacayo
Rudy Alberto Williams	Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya

Known results

Round 1

Real España v Marathón

1985-05-19

Real España	2 – 3	Marathón
		López

San Pedro Sula

Cuadrangular

Marathón v Motagua

1985-11-10

Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua
Machado Castillo		Velásquez

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Olimpia

1985-11-13

Marathón	1 – 1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Motagua

1985-11-17

Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua
Espinoza		Altamirano

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Vida

1985-11-27

Olimpia	0 – 1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Marathón

1985-11-27

Motagua	2 – 0	Marathón
Velásquez Suazo

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Marathón

1985-12-01

Olimpia	0 – 1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Vida

1985-12-04

Marathón	1 – 0	Vida
Bardales

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Olimpia

1985-12-04

Motagua	2 – 1	Olimpia
Suazo Obando		Maldonado

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

Real España v Vida

2 June 1985

Real España	2 – 2	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Platense v Universidad

9 June 1985

Platense	4 – 0	Universidad
Centeno

Puerto Cortés

Platense v Olimpia

10 August 1985

Platense	1 – 0	Olimpia
Neals

San Pedro Sula

Platense v Victoria

1 September 1985

Platense	1 – 0	Victoria
Guzmán

San Pedro Sula

Vida v Tela Timsa

15 September 1985

Vida	4 – 0	Tela Timsa

La Ceiba

Juventud de Sula v Victoria

29 September 1985

Juventud de Sula	2 – 1	Victoria
Enamorado Manzanares		Crisanto

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Olimpia

29 September 1985

Marathón	1 – 2	Olimpia
Martínez		González Flores

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Motagua

3 October 1985

Olimpia	0 – 0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Vida

23 October 1985

Motagua	0 – 5	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Universidad v Vida

3 November 1985

Universidad	1 – 1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Real España

3 November 1985

Olimpia	2 – 2	Real España

Tegucigalpa

Tela Timsa v Platense

Tela Timsa	1 – 1	Platense

Tela

Trivia

The clubs were divided into two groups of five for the first time in the League.
Positions in the regular season were irrelevant. The team with most points in the Final round were declared champions.
This was the season with the less goals scored so far, only 187 goals in 104 games.^[2]

External links

Official League website

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Viene el gol 16,000 Archived December 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. – 7 August 2010 (in Spanish)

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Seasons

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1985–86 in Honduran football
« 1984–85 1986–87 » 1 July 1985–30 June 1986
Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Segunda División
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Related to national teams	Results CONCACAF Championship Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games
Club seasons
Liga Nacional	Juventud de Sula Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Tela Timsa Universidad Victoria Vida

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